This year, the general index reached a record high of 124, compared with 113 a year ago. The latest index unfolds a promising picture, supported largely by the gradually improving development environment, large potential, accelerating speed of infrastructure project development and growing passion for cross-border infrastructure projects. It implies there could be more opportunities for international contractors and investors, as the general index is expected to see a steady rise in the next three years, said Fang Qiuchen, chairman of China International Contractors Association during the 9th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum in Macao.
Those results can be seen in Shibadong, whose inhabitants are now enjoying newfound wealth, better living conditions and greater work opportunities. Ten years ago such villages tended to resemble retirement communities, almost all young people having moved to towns or cities where they could make a living. But that has started to change as young people, attracted by a quieter life and seeing the opportunities revitalized villages offer, opt to go and live in them. They in turn are doing their bit to make the villages wealthier and better places to live in.
This year, some local governments, such as in South China's Guangdong province, have introduced measures to improve the business environment to attract foreign investors, Wei added. He is the vice-president of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a leading think tank.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up, Li said. "China's determination to advance reform and opening-up will never change with the reform and opening-up being intensified," he said.
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This year's IEC, the world's leading organization that publishes international standards for electronics-related technologies, attracted more than 3,800 experts from more than 100 countries, making it the largest in terms of participants in recent years, said Tian Shihong, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation.
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